Occupy Asheville protests role of 'corporate personhood' in upcoming elections

11:03 PM,
Jan. 20, 2012

Occupy Asheville joined occupy groups across the country protesting the Supreme Courts ruling that corporations are people entitled to the rights of individuals. Protestors rallied in Pritchard Park and then marched to the Federal Courthouse in downtown Asheville Friday afternoon . 01/20/2011--Bill Sanders

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The ongoing Occupy Asheville movement invites people from all walks of life to join the group. Unless, of course, that person is a corporation.

The group staged a theatrical protest Friday in opposition to the 2010 Supreme Court ruling that corporations are entitled by the U.S. Constitution to spend unlimited money on election campaigns, allowing them rights similar to those of a single citizen.

Complete with several costumed picketers donning Supreme Court justice robes and one in full Statue of Liberty garb, more than 200 protesters took to the streets of downtown chanting, ...